§ 11580 Eminent Domain For Projects

• •The government can take private property for public projects if they can't buy it normally.
• •They can only do this if they have the money for the project.
• •This is called eminent domain.

The government wants to build a new road, but a house is in the way.

If the owner won't sell the house, the government can take it as long as they have the money for the road project.